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ABSTRACT
In 2020, telehealth and online (video) group therapy became the norm for almost all group psychotherapists due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is likely that even after the pandemic many group therapists will continue to practice online, as some group therapists, like online group therapy expert Haim Weinberg, have been doing for years (Weinberg & Rolnick, Citation2019). While the transition to online group therapy was new for many group therapists, online continuing education related to group therapy may not have been. Even prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, a lot of continuing education in group therapy was conducted online. During the pandemic, the availability of online training became especially important as this allowed for the ongoing professional education of group therapists and graduate students trainees. Certainly, 2020 saw an increase in online learning opportunities, including through the American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA) yearly conference, which was, for the first time, entirely online.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I want to thank Dr Victor Yalom for allowing me access to the https://www.psychotherapy.net library (where I discovered the series Action on Addiction).
DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.
Notes
1 For my review of the YouTube series, “Group” please see the most recent issue of The Group Circle (Lothstein, Citation2021).
2 This video was also reviewed in the International Journal of Group Psychotherapy by Irabli and Wood (Citation2018).
3 Can be reached at East Knoyle Salisbury Wiltshire SP3 6BE [email protected].
4 This film has previously been reviewed by Brabender and Ginzberg (Citation2013) for The International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. I have also previously reviewed this video series for PSYCHCritiques (Lothstein, Citation2013).
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Leslie M. Lothstein
Dr. Lothstein has been practicing as a clinical and forensic psychologist for close to 50 years. He is a tenured Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Ohio and a Lecturer in Law and Psychiatry, the Department of Psychiatry Yale University. He is also the Video Reviews Editor for the International Journal of Group Therapy. Dr. Lothstein is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.